caa a22 4500 477122019 CHVBK 20180405111639.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02334730 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02334730 The effects of different forms of two- and single-parent families on the well-being of their children in Dutch secondary education [Elektronische Daten] [Natacha Borgers, Jaap Dronkers, Bernard Van Praag] The aim of this article is to compare the well-being of Dutch children living in different forms of single-parent families and different forms of two-parent families. We found that living in a mother-headed family caused by divorce has a negative influence on children's well-being. However, the effects we found were very small compared to the much larger effects of some other control variables, like parental education. Living in single-parent families or step-families caused by death have less negative effects on children than living in single-parent families or step-families caused by divorce. Our results give some support to the weak social position of the mother as an explanation for the negative effect of single parenthood, while the negative effects of living in a mother-headed family caused by death are larger than those of living in a father-headed family caused by death. Living in a single-parent family does not harm the well-being of boys more or less than that of girls living in the same family form. The negative effects of living in a single-mother family are not strengthened by the low educational level of the mother, nor are they neutralized by the high educational level of the mother. The effects we found in this continental European study are substantially smaller than those found in studies in the U.S.A. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Borgers Natacha SCO-Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 4, 1091 GM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Dronkers Jaap SCO-Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 4, 1091 GM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Van Praag Bernard SCO-Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 4, 1091 GM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut Social Psychology of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 1/2(1996-06-01), 147-169 1381-2890 1:2<147 1996 1 11218 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334730 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334730 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Borgers Natacha SCO-Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 4, 1091 GM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dronkers Jaap SCO-Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 4, 1091 GM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Praag Bernard SCO-Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, Wibautstraat 4, 1091 GM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Psychology of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 1/2(1996-06-01), 147-169 1381-2890 1:2<147 1996 1 11218 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer